Musical Folklore Archives Melpo Merlie

Sousta (Manolis Niotis)

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Instrumental
Area: Olymbos (Karpathos - Dodecanese)
Nationality:Greek
Language:-
Dance:Sousta (from Karpathos) 2/4
Scale:C mode
Collector:Merlier Melpo
Recording Place:Alambra Theatre, Athens
Recording Date:01/10/1930
Recording Responsible:Merlier Melpo
Duration:3:17
Other characteristics:Performed by natives, Instrumental
Register Information
Register date:28/02/2006
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:'As in all islands, so is Sousta (2/4) danced here as well and, although I haven't put down any sung Sousta at Olympos, it is indeed very common among Carpathians' (Baud-Bovy 1938, p.327).
Storage media:Νot given (CD 521)
Artists/Instruments
Niotis Manolis:Lyra
Papanikolaou Komninos:Lute
Photos Collection

Μανώλης Νιοτής, Όλυμπος Καρπάθου (περίπου 1960)

Κομνηνός Παπανικολάου, Όλυμπος Καρπάθου (Ηχογράφηση 1930)

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